Quick SNiPs

Making sense of the body’s billions of cells using 3D maps...

An ambitious international project is attempting to create a 'Google map' of the human body by making three-dimensional maps of every human cell. It could transform our understandi...

June 22, 2018

DNA leads to another break in a cold case- this time in France....

French police have arrested a couple 31 years after their daughter was found dead, in a cold case revived through DNA evidence.Source: BBChttp://ow.ly/PeOa30kvt98...

June 21, 2018

Access to genetic testing for children with cancer could reduce advers...

Dr. Bruce Carleton who developed a lab test to predict whether children with cancer are susceptible to potentially life-threatening side effects from three chemotherapy drugs is no...

June 20, 2018

Scientists develop 3D brain organoid- the first engineered tissue to c...

Scientists at WFIRM developed a 3-D brain organoid that could have potential applications in drug discovery and disease modeling.Source: Forbeshttp://ow.ly/mlj230kvtkK...

June 19, 2018

Gene therapy repairs the spinal cord of a rat...

Scientists say they have taken a significant step towards the goal of giving paralysed people control of their hands again.Source: BBC Newshttp://ow.ly/LzbY30kvsOI...

June 18, 2018

Could a blood test predict a pregnant woman’s due date?...

A new study published in Science, suggests that we’ll have a cheaper and easier way to pin down the due date in the future: a blood test.Source: Front Line Genomicshttp:/...

June 15, 2018

Genome sequencing may offer answers for acutely ill babies....

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Doctors says that rapid whole genome sequencing could revolutionize health care for acutely sick infants. Baby Maverick (as discussed in t...

June 14, 2018

Using DNA technology to identify bodies in Guatemala volcano tragedy....

ESCUINTLA, Guatemala — Forensic experts worked Friday on the grim task of identifying dozens of bodies charred beyond recognition by the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire...

June 13, 2018

Why Do Hundreds Of Genes Turn On After Death?...

Even after you die, some of your cells keep going. It’s a phenomenon that has many scientists intrigued. One study in particular examined the activity of one thousand genes in mi...

June 12, 2018

New study says women with early-stage breast cancer could skip chemoth...

A new U.S. study, which followed 10,000 patients over a nine-year period, suggests that chemotherapy is of no benefit to thousands of women battling breast cancer. The study was pu...

June 11, 2018

Junk DNA could be a powerful prostate cancer drug target...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Michigan based researchers identify long noncoding RNA transcript as important molecule in prostate cancer progression.Source: Front L...

June 08, 2018

Genes may contribute to whether you are an early bird or a night owl, ...

In 2016, a study of nearly 90,000 people appeared to suggest that humans could be genetically predisposed to being either an early bird or a night owl. The research also suggests�...

June 07, 2018

Ebola, influenza, and Zika make their rounds in the media, but where d...

Viruses such as Ebola, influenza and Zika make headlines. They grab our attention with their potential to cause widespread disease and death.But where did these viruses first come ...

June 06, 2018

Rethinking genetics: maybe it cannot answer all questions about heredi...

Carl Zimmer's new book “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh" is not a book about genetics but a book about the question genetics was invented to answer. Namely, how did the past becom...

June 05, 2018

Update: DNA match leads to arrest in 1987 killing of B.C. couple in Wa...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]New DNA technology has led to the arrest of a 55-year-old man in the killing of a young Canadian couple in Washington state more than thre...

June 04, 2018

Can precision medicine be applied to depression?...

Scientists are scanning brains of patients with depression, drawing their blood, asking about their symptoms, and then scouring that data for patterns. The goal: pinpoint subtypes ...

May 18, 2018

Scientists discover male-only gene that protects against leukaemia....

Scientists have discovered the first example of a gene that is only found in one sex, and provides protection against cancers including an aggressive form of leukaemia.Source: ...

May 17, 2018

Opinion: why a DNA test won’t reveal the real you....

Can a genetic test really connect you with your lost heritage? Should you change your wardrobe based on what region of the globe your genes are from? Is there a lederhosen gene? ...

May 16, 2018

Dr. Bruce Carleton’s passion is to implement genetic tests acros...

Dr. Bruce Carleton, director of the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Programme at BC Children’s Hospital, developed a lab test to predict whether children with cancer are susceptible to p...

May 15, 2018

How information from a genealogy site lead to a killer. The genetics b...

For the dozen years between 1974 and 1986, he rained down terror across the state of California. He went by many names: the East Side Rapist, the Visalia Ransacker, the Original Ni...

May 14, 2018

An evolutionary burst of new genes! All creatures great and small desc...

The animal kingdom is one of life’s great success stories — a collection of millions of species that swim, burrow, run and fly across the planet. All that diversity, from ladyb...

May 11, 2018

Understanding the rose genome sequence could lead to improved blooms...

A new blueprint of the rose’s genetic code could lead to more colourful, strongly scented, and longer-lasting blooms.Source: The Irish Newshttp://ow.ly/HIO730jQnk1...

May 10, 2018

Is genetic sequencing the answer for ending food-borne outbreaks fast...

The E. coli outbreak spread by romaine lettuce that started on April 13 still isn’t fully contained, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) latest update. Tha...

May 09, 2018

Doctors in Germany successfully treated twins in utero using a biotech...

The injection of a protein at just the right moment during pregnancy appears to have spared a set of twins—and one other child—from being born without sweat glands.Source: ...

May 08, 2018

Could sequencing genomes of 1.5 million species help preserve life on ...

In what will undoubtedly be the largest genomic sequencing effort of all time, an international consortium of researchers is organizing a massive effort to collect and sequence the...

May 07, 2018

Doctors treat rare genetic disorder in utero....

Researchers have treated patients with a developmental disorder before they were born, according to a study published Wednesday (April 25) in the New England Journal of Medicine. ...

May 04, 2018

Honeybees Use Odors to Clean Out Deceased Broods....

A dozen years ago beekeepers started reporting that frightening numbers of their honeybees (Apis mellifera) were mysteriously dying. Scientists have since discovered multiple reaso...

May 03, 2018

Missing data: Africans, Middle Easterners, Central Asians, Southeast A...

As impressive as 23andMe’s genetic database is, it still has noticeable gaps—especially among Africans, Middle Easterners, Central Asians, Southeast Asians, and indigenous Amer...

May 02, 2018

Fisheries and Aquaculture

How coral reef could benefit from CRISPR...

The powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 is taking the scientific world by storm. It gives researchers unprecedented power and precision in making tweaks to practically any gene ...

May 01, 2018

Are genetically modified foods safe?...

It’s human nature, it seems, to resist change and fear the unknown. So it is no surprise that genetic engineering of food and feed crops resulted in their resounding condemnation...

April 30, 2018

African scientists aim to take control of their continent’s geno...

As the genomics revolution finally turns its attention to Africa and northern researchers flock there to collect data, scientists from the continent are demanding a larger role in ...

April 27, 2018

How long will it take for the gender gap in science to disappear?...

A new study estimates that it will take 16 years for women and men to publish papers in equal numbers. For physics, it will take 258.Source: Ed Yong, The Atlantichttp://ow....

April 26, 2018

Genes discovered that cause deadly heart condition...

Scientists say they have identified genes that cause a deadly heart condition that can only be cured by transplants of the heart or lungs.Source: BBC Healthhttp://ow.ly/aiX...

April 25, 2018

Ancient DNA reveals that South Asians are descended from a mix of farm...

A study of the first ancient DNA recovered from South Asia shows that populations there mingled repeatedly thousands of years ago. Nearly all of the Indian subcontinent’s ethnic ...

April 24, 2018

Data and Technology Human Health Agrifood

How CRISPR could transform global development...

Over the next decade, gene editing could help humanity overcome some of the biggest and most persistent challenges in global health and development. The technology is making it muc...

April 23, 2018

CRISPR through the eyes of Hollywood. Did The Rock ‘s new movie ...

The Rock and the genome-editing technology meet in a new movie, “Rampage." Through a freak accident, a gorilla, a wolf, and a crocodile ingest some CRISPR complexes. The animal...

April 20, 2018

Forestry

Researchers from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry are...

For nearly 30 years, researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry have been studying the disease that wiped out four billion Americ...

April 19, 2018

New DNA technology could crack an old murder from 1987...

New DNA technology that is able to create composite drawings of a person of interest may be key to finding the killer responsible for the murder of a Victoria, BC couple who visite...

April 18, 2018

Plant Scientists in the US are now permitted to use gene-editing techn...

Researchers in the US have been given the go-ahead to use gene-editing techniques to alter crops and plants. The decision opens the door for scientists to create a new generation o...

April 17, 2018

The DNA revolution is changing the world around us...

The ability to quickly alter the code of life has given us unprecedented power over the natural world. Should we use it?Source: National Geographichttp://ow.ly/HaQj30jp60Q...

April 16, 2018

Is genetics research failing most of the world’s population?...

Kristen Brown, Gizmodo, explores how the field of genetics focuses primarily on people of European descent and lacks ancestral diversity.Source: Gizmodohttp://ow.ly/Fk0n30j...

April 13, 2018

Is DNA just one tool in the toolbox? What can DNA really tell us?...

The cost of DNA sequencing continues to fall, and the scale and reach of genetic research continues to grow with it. We can use genetics to study not just health and fundamental bi...

April 12, 2018

National Institutes of Health finishes a deep genomic dive into 33 typ...

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a detailed genomic analysis, known as the PanCancer Atlas, on a data set of molecular and clinical informatio...

April 11, 2018

Forestry

Why it’s difficult to scientifically define a tree....

It seems easy to define what trees are, but even at the level of genetics, it’s difficult to find what separates them from other plants.Source: The Atlantichttp://ow.ly/s...

April 10, 2018

Finding your real father on Ancestry.com – Kellie Rowlette’...

When Kelli Rowlette received the results from a DNA sample she had sent to a popular genealogy website, she assumed there had been a mistake. The test showed that her DNA matched a...

April 09, 2018

Data and Technology Human Health

Genomics tool enables more accurate identification of rare mutations i...

A new computational method developed by researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) allows scientists to identify rare gene mutations in cancer cells with greater accuracy and...

April 06, 2018

Is it an alien or a human? DNA reveals the true story....

Ending a long-standing mystery that once set the unidentified flying object community abuzz, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of a strange, 15-centimeter-tall human ske...

April 05, 2018